diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index b035bfb99feee0a..c65fc3032fdfad4 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ def wrap_dll_function(dll):
     def decorator(func):
         name = func.__name__
         ptr = getattr(dll, name)
-        annotations = annotationlib.get_annotations(func)
+        annotations = annotationlib.get_annotations(func, eval_str=True)
 
         try:
             restype = annotations.pop("return")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
index 94d03ad553d2227..86699ad81098275 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/test_funcptr.py
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ def noexist():
             def PyObject_GetAttrString(op: ctypes.py_object, attr: ctypes.c_char_p):
                 pass
 
+    def test_wrap_dll_function_str_ann(self):
+        from test.test_ctypes import wrap_str_ann
+        version = wrap_str_ann.Py_GetVersion()
+        self.assertIsInstance(version, bytes)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ctypes/wrap_str_ann.py b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/wrap_str_ann.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..aa114a640c3a990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ctypes/wrap_str_ann.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+import ctypes.util
+
+def test_ann() -> ctypes.c_char_p:
+    ...
+
+# Check that "from __future__ import annotations" works as expected
+if not isinstance(test_ann.__annotations__['return'], str):
+    raise Exception("annotations must be strings")
+
+@ctypes.util.wrap_dll_function(ctypes.pythonapi)
+def Py_GetVersion() -> ctypes.c_char_p:
+    ...